For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADMINISTRATIVE: A regulatory review and/or action performed by an employee or contractor of the City and not deemed a legislative or quasi-judicial action.
APPLICANT: Any person, owner, operator, partnership, company, corporation and its subcontractors and agents who has an interest in real estate for the purpose of exploring or drilling for, producing, or transporting oil or gas.
DEPARTMENT: The Idaho Department of Lands.
EXTRACTION: Activities necessary for removing natural gas, natural gas liquids, or oil from underground shale and/or sand formations and bringing it up to ground level, or any activities, the purpose of which is to remove these materials from natural pools or reservoirs beneath the earth's surface, including well drilling, injection, pumping, and including ancillary activities and facilities necessary for such extraction, without which the extraction could not occur.
LOCAL STREET: For purposes of this chapter only, a public street or road designed to provide access to abutting lots and to discourage through traffic.
OIL AND GAS: Means oil or gas or both. "Oil and gas" refers not only to oil and gas in combination with each other but also generally to oil, gas, casinghead gas, casinghead gasoline, gas- distillate or other hydrocarbons, or any combination of combinations thereof, which may be found in or produced from a common source or supply of oil, oil and gas, or gas-distillate.
OIL AND GAS WELL: A hole drilled into the earth for the purpose of exploring for or extracting oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon substances.
OPERATOR: The person of record, that is responsible for and actually in charge and control of drilling, maintaining, operating, pumping or controlling any well including, without limitation, a unit operator. If the operator, as defined herein, for any well is not the lessee of any premises affected by the provisions of this chapter, then such lessee shall also be deemed to be an operator. In the event there is no oil and gas lease relating to any premises affected by this chapter, the owner of the fee mineral estate in the premises shall also be deemed an operator.
POST-EXTRACTION PROCESSING ACTIVITIES: Refers to the handling of oil and gas after it has been extracted from the earth, more specifically defined as any and all activity relating to site construction and maintenance for processing of oil and gas which is not a part of the extraction process, or which occurs after the oil, gas, produced water, or any other substance or material has been removed from the ground, including and/or concerning, but not limited to: a) waste disposal, b) fencing, c) signage, d) lighting, e) venting, f) flaring, g) vehicle traffic and access, h) noise, i) height restrictions, j) setbacks, k) disposal wells, l) storage tanks, m) transfer pipelines, n) compression facilities, o) settling ponds, p) derricks, q) wastewater disposal, and r) refining facilities.
Post-extraction processing activities include: "gathering facilities" as defined in Idaho Code section 47-310(10), other facilities, equipment or improvements used or installed for the gathering, treatment, refining, or other processing of oil or natural gas or other materials or substances, "processing facilities" as defined in Idaho Code section 47-310(26), "gas processing facilities" as defined in IDAPA 20.07.02.23, "pits" as defined in IDAPA 20.07.02.37, and "tank batteries" as defined in IDAPA 20.07.02.51, whether or not located on a well site (as defined in IDAPA 20.07.02.59). Post- extraction activities do not include tanks as defined in IDAPA 20.07.02.50 when such tanks are: a) located on a well site as defined in IDAPA 20.07.02.59 and b) contain materials used in and necessary for extraction activities.
ROAD REPAIR AGREEMENT: A written agreement between the applicant and the City obligating the applicant to repair damage, excluding ordinary wear and tear, if any, to public streets, including but not limited to bridges, caused by subcontractors or representatives in the performance of drilling or production of any wells authorized by the City.
STATE: The State of Idaho.
WELL: An oil and gas well or an injection well, including but not limited to directional drilling wells (for example, any well hole drilled into the ground).
WELLHEAD: The equipment installed at the surface of the well. (Ord. 629, 3-12-2018)